Coasting-wagon.



PATENTE@ JANE a H. E. KEYES. COASTING WAGON.

APPLIOATION FILED M2122. 1902.

Kvk?

v40 more battens may be HRRY'E. KEYES, HOMESTEA, Pilbill ASSIGNB'IENTS, TU GRAVTY COAST. v OF HQMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANA, A CRPGRA'HN OF PENNS/LV SPECFIGATIGN formin art of Letters Eatent No, T'Tf'-Q,6G5, dates. January li), 3.90

' flpplication led September 22, 1902. Serif-l lio 124,358.

To @M 'zo/Mint it 'may concern,.-

-Be it known that I, HARRY E. KEYES, a citi.- Zen of the United States, residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain ners'7 and useful Improvement in @casting W'agons, (Case B,) of which the following is a `full, clear,

and exact description.

.The object ot' this invention is to provide a- I wagon or truck for amusement purposes in coasting down hills or other inclincs, natural or artificial.

In a concurrent case filed February, 1902, Serial No. 92,658, (patented October le, 1902,' No. 711,402,)1 have set forth one embodiment of the principle of the invention, and in an* other case of even date herewith, Serial No. 124,357, another embodiment thereof is set forth.

In the present invention the braking :neoh- .anism includes a brale-shoe in the 4forno of a lever pivotcd to the rear-Wheel bracket and having its pivotal and wheel-engaging points fai-ranged in front and rear, respectively, of av vertical plane through the axis of the Wheel and connected with the hand-lever by a chainv or rod or other means bywhich it me be forcibly applied and'adapted to be released by the motion of revolution of the Wheel when lever-pressure thereon is removed. A brakeshoe may be and preferably is applied to each rear wheel, and both brake-shoes are operated from the same lever. The steering-gear cornprises a wheel Whose fork is curved and swivc led in position soas to cause thesaid wheel to trail, and thus facilitate guiding or steen ing. The end oi the body-board is provided with a metallic shoe to reinforce it against the strains of the steering-Wheel, and one or applied to the bottoni side of saidboard to strengthen it, prevent it from splitting, and restrain it from warping, all as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating I my invention, in the several figures ot which like parts are similarly designated, Figure i.

-tion of the wheel upon the 1s a side elevation with the near wheel broken away in part. Fias Q is e bottoni plan view with tbe 'near wle/l removed' showing rods instead of chainsor the brake-shoe connections. Eig'. 3 a perspective view ot' one ot' the brackets and the lever brakeshoe detached. Fig. li shows in plan and side views the front end reinforce or shoe detached.

The combined body and seat l maybe made oi a fiatboerd or piece of lumber of any suitable kind and thickness or of other material and in the forni .of a truncated wedge, substantially as seen in Fig. il. The rear wheels 22am mounted upon an axle 3. carried lin bearings e in brackets 5, whit-.hare bolted to the v body. Cotter-pins C may be used to secure the nflieelf to the A brake-shoe 7 in the forni of a lever is pr. oted to each bracket in front or in advance ot' a vertical plane through the ofthe wheel, snostantially as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, as by e rivet 8, 'with the Shoe proper, 9, projecting laterally across the .rini oftliewheel and engaging' the treadof the Wheel at a point in rear or back of a vertical plane through the axis ofthe wheel, so as to be 'brought into forcib braking contact therewith, and also to obtain the greatest lifting acbralre-lever when pressure is released. l

Each brake-shoe is connected with the handlever l0 by a chain il, Fig. l, or a rod orlinl' l2, 2, andv this hand-lever it) is mounted upon a bracket 13, fastened tothe body, the lever projecting above and below'the body. The brakeehoes are arranged to engage the Wheels above their axes, and the motion of revolution of the wheels will tend to force off or release the brake-shoes, and hence it is not-'1 necessary to use rigid connections between' the said slices and their operatingdever. The chains l1 of Fig. l areshown, therefore, as an etlicient medium. of connection, but other flexible or jointed "connections he used, and in any case merely releasing the pressure upon the lever if) will permit the Wheels to lift and lthrow oit" tbe brake-shoes by the force of their revolution.

The front forli; 14 is reversely curved, so as to canse the steering or pilot Wheel loto trail,

as shown in Fig. 1, and thus facilitate steering. The front fork may be otherwise of any desired construction, and it is suppliedgwith the combined foot-rest and steering-bar 16. The fork is swiveled in the front end ofthe body in any suitable way.

,n order to reinforce the narrow front end of the body against the strains to which it is subjected, ll provide a shoe 17 of east, pressed, stamped, or other metal bolted, riveted,lor otherwise fastened to the body and having an upturned tip 18 fitted against the end of the body and lateral lugs 19 fitted to the sides, andthis shoe may form a bearing'in whole or in part for the front fork and in any case is designed to take the strains of the steeringgear off the board of the body.

The parts are' assembled by means which ,i will permit of their ready disconnection, so that the wagon may be knocked down for transportation and storage purposes, and since the parts are interchangeable repairs may b e readily and cheaply effected. I

In order to reinforce the body against splitting', warping, and other like damages, one or more transverse battens 2O may be applied to it. In operation the user straddles and sits upon the body at the rear, and placing his feet upon the steering-bar and grasping' the brake-lever gives a hinge forward, and so starts the wagon in motion, which is acceleri ated by momentum in descending an incline. The speed of the wagon is controllable bythe l brake mechanism and guidance is easily effected by/the steering-gear.

Parts of the invention herein set forth are applicable to either or both of the wagons of the other'cases, and vice versa.

1. Aiv coasting wagon, comprising' essenfrraeos l tially a body, steering-gear, a pair of rear wheels, lever brake-shoes pivoted at a point in front of a vertical plane through the axes of said wheels and arranged for action upon said rear wheels at a point in rear of said vertical plane, and means to apply such brakeshoes to said wheels, said brake-shoes adapted through the axes of said wheels and overhanging the rims of the wheels and engaging' said rims at a point in rear of said vertical plane, and means for forcibly applying' said brakeshoes to the wheels, such that when released the motion of revolution of the wheels will lift and throw off the brake-shoes.

3. In a coasting-wagon, a board body, a-

steeringwheel swiveled in said body, and aI metallioshoe embracing the bottom, sides and end of the bodymljacent to the whveel and provided with an opening' for the swivel of said wheel.

4. coasting-wagon, having' a board body provided with a steeringwheel swivcled in its front end, and a rei nforcinglshoe, provided with an opening' for the swivel of' said steering-wheel, applied to suchend and havingan end tip and lateral lugs embracing" the front and sides respectively of the body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of September, A. l).

HARRY E. KEYES, W itnesses:

H. H. BnAnDMone, JOHN B. Jones, Jr. 

